Brazilian coral reefs in a period of global change: A synthesis

ZMAN Leão, RKP Kikuchi, BP Ferreira… - Brazilian Journal of …, 2016 - SciELO Brasil
Brazilian coral reefs form structures significantly different from the well-known reef models,
as follows:(i) they have a growth form of mushroom-shaped coral pinnacles called" …

Brazilian coral reefs: what we already know and what is still missing

CB Castro, DO Pires - Bulletin of Marine Science, 2001 - ingentaconnect.com
The last thorough qualitative description of the unique Brazilian coral communities was
elaborated in the 1960's. This paper reviews the status of knowledge of Brazilian reefs, with …

Corals and coral reefs of Brazil

ZMAN Leão, RKP Kikuchi, V Testa - Latin American coral reefs, 2003 - Elsevier
The Brazilian coral reefs form structures significantly different from the well known coral reef
models, because (i) they have a characteristic initial growth form of mushroom-shaped coral …

Holocene coral reef rubble and its binding agents

M Rasser, B Riegl - Coral Reefs, 2002 - Springer
A literature review regarding reef rubble (defined as mechanically or chemically abraded
parts of framebuilders or reef rock larger than sand fraction) and its binding agents is …

Holocene sea-level history on the Rio Grande do Norte State coast, Brazil

FHR Bezerra, AMF Barreto, K Suguio - Marine Geology, 2003 - Elsevier
The Rio Grande do Norte State coast, northeastern Brazil, lies in an intraplate region which
displays elevated Holocene shorelines, abandoned tidal flats and other intertidal deposits. A …

The southwestern Atlantic reef fish fauna: composition and zoogeographic patterns

SR Floeter, JL Gasparini - Journal of Fish Biology, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
The Brazilian coast, the Caribbean and the tropical South Atlantic oceanic islands reef
ichthyofauna separated into two major clusters:(1) the western Atlantic continental margin …

Carbonate production by calcareous red algae and global change

D Basso - Geodiversitas, 2012 - BioOne
The most important groups of modern red calcareous algae are the Mg-calcite secreting
Corallinales and Sporolithales, and the aragonitic Peyssonneliales and Nemaliales. They …

Seaweed diversity associated with a Brazilian tropical rhodolith bed

GM Amado-Filho, GW Maneveldt… - Ciencias …, 2010 - cienciasmarinas.com.mx
This study describes the predominantly tropical, subtidal seaweed populations growing on
rhodoliths between 4 and 18 m depth in the southern part of Espírito Santo State (Brazil) …

Syn-depositional alteration of coral reef framework through bioerosion, encrustation and cementation: taphonomic signatures of reef accretion and reef depositional …

CT Perry, LJ Hepburn - Earth-Science Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
The development of coral reef framework and the preservational character of both in-situ
and rubble coral is strongly influenced by a range of physical, chemical and biologically …

Determinants of reef fish assemblages in tropical Oceanic islands

JP Quimbayo, MS Dias, M Kulbicki, TC Mendes… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Diversity patterns are determined by biogeographic, energetic, and anthropogenic factors,
yet few studies have combined them into a large‐scale framework in order to decouple and …